The Trump years marked a soured relationship between the press and the presidency: Misinformation ran rampant, the partisan divide cut deeper, and the White House routinely launched attacks against journalists. All the while, the coronavirus pandemic ravaged communities across the … Read more
‘If reporters entrusted to cover the White House know we are in the midst of a “truth-deficient” environment, what is the most responsible way to do our work?’ Read more
‘… it remains the job of journalists to do more than report the “stuff” that happens or bring to the public the “first rough draft of history.”’ Read more
President Calvin Coolidge in cowboy outfit with press photographers. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. [This article originally appeared in the September 1964 issue of Nieman Reports.] The press conference as … Read more